Venkatesh Umashankar is presently serving as the Director - PGPM at Great Lake Institute of Management, Gurgaon. With several years of teaching and administrative experience in the education sector, he is a profound academician and a true leader. Also, he has been involved in various national and international seminars, conferences, workshops, and symposiums throughout his lifelong career. 

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What are the key factors that keep you connected with the education sector?

“Constant upgradation with concepts and solutions”

The chance to shape young lives by constantly upgrading myself and pitting myself against new challenges and problems always keeps me motivated. This has involved conceptualizing innovative solutions to new problems, and also anticipating problems that are not yet seen as problems but are surely going to accost us sooner than later. Cutting through red tape of systemic lethargy and forced complexities, to continue to remain student-centric always keeps me connected and fragile. 

How do you strategize the key plans for the administration of your institute?

“Following a defined pathway and transparent strategies”

Continuous innovation and realignment of curriculum with emerging realities and making strategic shifts based upon future trends is a minimum requirement for the PGPM Program at GLIM. We follow the guidelines of the regulators precisely and completely. We are open to all queries from applicants and provide multiple opportunities for them to engage with our senior executives, faculty members and most importantly current students and alumni with complete transparency. 

What can an inbound student gain from studying here in your institute?

“Top-class education with quality practical exposure”

We have been acknowledged as the 12th Top One Year MBA program in India. We have an open environment with a large number of faculty who have taught internationally and who have been industry practitioners themselves. Students Learn in a curriculum that is cutting-edge and dynamic to cater to the upcoming needs of the industry. In one of the leading one year MBA Programs of India, they will experience a cohort that has mandatory industry experience and is very self-driven and competitive. The network that one develops in the PGPM at GLIM is phenomenal and life changing. Exposure to industry leaders who frequent the campus as speakers as well as instructors in many of the courses is an additional benefit to students. 

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How does the curriculum of GLIM ensure the best practice of industry?

“Investing in stakeholders and varied academicians to come out with best”

We have a robust ‘Curriculum Review Committee’ populated by academicians as well

as industry practitioners. Program Directors of each of our programs at GLIM are empowered to curate, review and revise curricula and present their findings and recommendations to the Faculty Council of GLIM and the Review Committee, who decide on the changes proposed. Open door policy for all stakeholders with participation of requisite stakeholders in the different decision making processes is what we have followed. Every action and decision must be seen through the prism of unbiased and action oriented learning, leading to creating advantage for the students.

How do you tend to help the students gain necessary skills?

“Well-programmed campus activities and modern course structure”

The overarching responsibility of every Great Laker is to work with integrity and passion in their chosen areas, and we have designed an incentive system that recognizes this. We want our graduates to be socially sensitive and aware. Through our Karma Yoga program, which is compulsory for all our students, we build this idea of social awareness and responsibility through action learning programs. We want our students to excel in contemporary and new areas of expertise, and skills. We are pioneers in adopting and training our students in Data Sciences application in business and are today ranked in the top few institutes in India.

What do you think should be the GLIM’s top priority over the next 10 years?

“Retaining the responsibility to provide the best education”

To remain relevant to India and its education system in the first place is our topmost priority. Also, we aspire to align with a global order of business management based upon expertise, empathy, professionalism and trust. We strive to maintain integrity within the campus in terms of student-centric quality education, core faculty members, and a healthy atmosphere for all. 

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Any suggestions you would like to give to the current youth?

“Upskill yourself and take steps forward”

Take nothing for granted and do not wait for luck to change for the better for you, keep taking one step ahead everyday. Re-skilling and lifelong learning is not a matter of choice. Information and knowledge today is freely available at an unprecedented level as compared to ever before, take full advantage of it. Not knowing things today is a crime.